R&B 2015

I would be surprised if it did. So dull.

Kehlani needs a thread. this album is so good.

"coffee" extensively discussed in the artist thread but deserves mention here in case anyone isn't checking in there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJAelCB8hdY
wale version is abhorrent.

Marissa has a new single out. It's not "Rules" but it's still pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZh8Hu6dp5E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXq3qPc3f1s

new Melanie Fiona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AZ-9R7omGE

anyone fuck w/ jean deaux? I guess Soular System Vol 1 came out end of last year but @ times in the summer this is kindof exactly what I want to be listening to

https://soundcloud.com/thatsjeandeaux

we just confirmed sunni colón for a show and I've enjoyed the soundcloud tracks thus far. RIYL Frank Ocean, Miguel and... well, Frank Ocean really.
https://soundcloud.com/sunnicolon

the Rico Love album is waaaaay better than it has any right to be

The Rico Love is PHENOMENAL.

huh really? the ep from 1 or 2 yrs ago was ok but kinda forgettable, gave me the impression he didn't have much of an identity as a performer. i've long been into him as a writer tho so i guess i'll give the album a shot.

yeah it's a big step up in quality from the EP, although obviously the same basic deal

specific track recommendations?

Just play it from the start. It's v much an album.

going in

kehlani album getting a lot of play. 'yet' is fire

the natasha mosley album seems v much in the vein of the kehlani album - intimate, singer-songwritery. not quite as distinctive (so far) but worth hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8XwTRrJr0w

Best Tinashe impersonation award of 2015

..goes to Wolfie from London

Wolfie - I Be Ghost (Prod. Levi Lennox)
https://soundcloud.com/itswolfiemusic/i-be-ghost-prod-levi-lennox

i listened to the rico love album the other night and was pretty impressed, definitely didn't expect it to be that good. he hasn't exactly shaken off some of my former reservations about him but it definitely makes for a nice listen. i had next to no idea he even had an album coming out tho. i guess there might have been a radio single but it didn't go anywhere? (that's what that one hot 97 video would suggest i guess.)

Kehlani upon first listen was good but her voice didn't get me yet

posted this in the relevant thread but NYC Afropunk announced the lineup for the festival on 8/22 and 8/23
Lineup for the 22nd is Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Kelis, Danny Brown, Suicidal Tendencies, Lion Babe, Adia Victoria. $40!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpP2_C2cNI

Have we discussed this Elijah Blake single? Feels like the first thing he's done that other people might care about

deej showed that to me the other day, pretty good

It's sounding more and more like a hit to me.

Also maybe some of the best attainable dance moves I've seen in a video since Ne-Yo's "One In a Million" convinced me to take hip-hop dance classes (I didn't last long)

they just sent me a stream (ugh) of that album, should i check it out? I don't know much elijah blake

I've been posting his tracks in these threads over the last few years, but they understandably never garner much excitement. He's one of those consistently good, rarely great mid-tier R&B singers, but guys like that can put out good albums with the right team behind them, so I'd check the album out

He also co-wrote "Climax"

song's a pleasant morsel tho i v much feel it's really more about dej (<3) than dude

i like the tamia record a lot!

same!

oh cool that's out now! i still love "sandwich and a soda" even if it is a lil corny

so uh we all heard that kehlani got her laptop stolen and that the thieves made songs?

https://soundcloud.com/tbmlilbear/tsunami-boyz-ft-kehlani-laptop
https://soundcloud.com/tbmlilbear/tsunami-boyz-ft-kehlani-i-know-you-want-your-laptop-back

fucking hell

Hah Jesus I heard about the stolen laptop but :...

First track is flames

Actually convinced me to listen to the album which is great so far.

By the album I mean her album

Loving the K-Major album/tape.

Kehlani is awesome, one of my favorite records this year

i don't have much time to listen to music atm but i listened to half of it on shuffle while waling to work and i loved the song with chance

the kehlani album is excellent

nice track on the tamia album prod by polow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXq3qPc3f1s

the reversion to the original key on "nowhere" on the tamia album is really clumsily done. would've been a total banger otherwise

tamia album is really enjoyable, lighter and more carefree than i expected

here's another new polow da don production, which is basically him doing a dj assault song. i love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RfFrkkD6U

I love that, but it feels utterly indefensible.

whoa that is Lexcore to the extreme

Oh it's a reworked Shanell cut.

prob not perfect for this thread exactly but strangely enough Bilal doesn't have his own thread so here's his new single, "Satellites"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJDC4BEEMwo

i'm not sure i'm totally into the tamia album as a front-to-back listen but it does have some really gorgeous cuts on it (beyond the two singles obv)